Hero of Wives | Chapo Trap House

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Episode 806 - Hero of Wives (2/12/24)
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Art/Animation by Emily Halaka @emilyhalaka
We give our annual post-Super Bowl report rating the spectacle and the ads, including the increasing, and increasingly funny, conservative opposition to the whole idea of “football”. Plus, a review of a tough week for Joe Biden, including a new round of trepidation about his age and fitness. Finally, we look at an amazing profile of Bill Ackman, a man who manages to be such an intense Wife Guy he’s ruined his wife’s life.
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[@quadabyte8933]

Oh God it would be the funniest cold open for Matt's first episode back if he was 100% pro isreal. Like have it go on for 20 minutes, and be totally sincere and convincing with no actually laughing or jokes. Like he came from pod save America.

[@basquat76]

Pod save America isn't pro Israel.

[@jj947]

@@basquat76Yeah they started out as “we need to be nice to Jews AND Arabs in this trying time 😢” guys to outwardly spitting venom on Bibi

[@NipponStiqqyPaint]

Matt could pull it off, his oration on xi jinping thought was based.

[@malefsky]

I like this.. He could claim to have had a near-death experience in which god explains the importance of zionism

[@CzolgoszWorkinMan]

he got the fetterman chip

[@homerco213]

Thanks for the Matt update. We miss our cranky boy.

[@wickerbathtub3183]

Awesome episode. Glad to hear Matt and family are well.

[@SUPERBURLBOYROY]

I like Arizona ice tea and my custum jeep! Dam!

[@jaystephens2759]

Sometimes it feels like I can hear Matt laughing amongst the group..

[@mattgilbert7347]

Prince was a legit musical prodigy. No snark or sarcasm here. He was a fkin God.

[@GrimReader]

An actual GOAT

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@GrimReader Yes. Mozart, Glen Gould, Hendrix, Coltrane, Prince. He deserves to be spoken of among such esteemed company. His musical talent was perhaps only exceeded by his charisma. He was one of those artists who seemed utterly possessed by his art. When he was in the "zone", you could tell that P. Rodgers Nelson was just *gone*. There was music, the performance, and the man-as-conduit. This isn't to downplay how much work it takes to get to such rarified, mountainous heights, but most of us mere mortals can do 1000 times the work, the study, the practice - and if we're lucky, we'll maybe get a little higher than base camp (to extend the mountain metaphor) & that's ok. As long as the joy remains, it's worth it. I'm no Nietzsche apologist, but when he wrote "without music, life would be a mistake", he had a hair of a point. I am, however, deeply biased. I'm an amateur musician:)

[@purplism4857]

@@mattgilbert7347 aphex twin

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@purplism4857 eh maybe.. depends how we define "musical ability". He was certainly a kind of genius innovator.

[@purplism4857]

@@mattgilbert7347 beg to differ i think if music history is fair he will be viewed to be pioneer beyond anyone you mentioned besides mozart.

[@misterfuzzyflippers]

"Man I ain't even gonna bring my IQ up because man you wouldn't believe me even if I I told you... 472"

[@Organite]

Its funny that Felix said Ichan is like Gordon Gekko because Oliver Stone is on record saying that the character Gordon Gekko was based on Carl Ichan.

[@Stroporez]

Hot take: I think Amber, Matt, Will and Felix make the best combo.

[@tmsphere]

Hot take: Chapo is good.

[@garcalej]

…in bed.

[@joshuamarx8209]

Hot Take: you matter.

[@bitteralmonds666]

And Virgil 🧉🦄👍🏽

[@gangofgreenhorns2672]

Saw an And1 basketball shorts guy at a bus stop in Youngstown Ohio clearly and loudly explaining the contents of his energy drink to an elderly woman held captive audience by the fact: she too needed to use the bus. Remebering thinking to myself "that's Jerry Dunk".

[@hpalpha7323]

Ludacris has something a lot of modern rappers don't: a sense of humor

[@kevinvasquez5272]

You must not know about RXK Nephew

[@GrimReader]

Kelce looks like a blown up chubby uncle. Nice to find out he’s J-Roc

[@No.0.o.0]

Ryan Reynolds also had a plantation wedding but his acting is worse.

[@MM-du7je]

Bill "Cathy" Ack! - man

[@tdfreelancer]

29:15 😂😂 I'm starting to believe she's either getting high or she's drunk all the time. I truly feel that base on how she talks.

[@Praisethesunson]

She does give off drunk aunt vibes

[@NipponStiqqyPaint]

I bet she gives great kisses

[@Mark-jr6ld]

The veep has been barred into a permanent chill

[@missyrotchford2888]

We love our boy Matty!!

[@yuio39]

So happy to hear that Matt and his new family and are doing well. Keep up the good work Chapos o7

[@Gam1ne]

i need to know the specs on felix's pc

[@stevemrayz357]

Ackman is the Jerry Smith of hedge fund managers (and not the NFL player)

[@Reid52]

Thank you for having Amber on again!

[@RIP_Greedo]

If ackman is on this nominative determinism kick, what is Neri Oxman’s fate? To turn into an Ox?

[@j0j0dartiste21]

Gonna have to snip 'em 🍒 for that

[@berdyderg900]

Roman emperor, obviously

[@garcalej]

@@berdyderg900Didn’t the Romans, like, burn down the first Jewish temple?

[@joshuamarx8209]

​​@@garcalejand set up a proxy government with the exact same feudal arrangement as before their incursion into Palestine... Makes you think.

[@bcs1982]

Log on and immediately hear And1 slander

[@joshuamarx8209]

😂😅

[@AwesomeJerkface]

They overthrew Yugoslavia for way less

[@ChannelMath]

perhaps Ackman grew up in a different time than his daughter? Maybe that explains why she's not a clone?

[@davidhill2020]

Chapo's doing a smart thing by putting their Lady Balllers review as exclusive content.

[@joeyrufo]

47:12 oh no. It's literally Dave Chappelle's "space j3ws" bit 💀💀💀

[@maxwellingtonperez4882]

Uncommon biederman L buffalo chicken dip is perfect

[@MichaelSotoCE]

Definitely slop

[@lucasnunes2453]

19:26 Amber a savage 😂😂😂😂😂

[@washingmachine009]

amber stay for every ep pls

[@collin5052]

Lisa ann was arrested for using her phone at the Rife show

[@twistedoperator4422]

38:50 reading series

[@cattibingo]

Mah wife wowoweewa

[@ChannelMath]

To be fair to Kelce, he has probably spent at least a decade in the majority black space that is top-tier football

[@Blastinonfoos]

Deeeeahm son!

[@jayscott1177]

If we can't have Cusbomb bring back poop butt Virgil

[@skiptoacceptancemdarlin]

Ryan Reynolds did a movie called The Nines. It's really good.

[@gloobark]

very happy to hear about matt but can you guys explain what's going on with his tweets

[@ThePeachyLou]

Looks like them pharma bois got him doped up rite

[@bobbie3713]

I think he is fine and its juts having fun playing like he got irreparible damage from the stroke

[@gloobark]

@@bobbie3713 i'm hoping it's a physical coordination issue with typing and not some kind of aphasia

[@sc41295]

Insane how much better the eps are in person/with Amber!! It seems like they're able to hit a middle ground once again between humor and covering real news. Episodes now are either forced humor/silliness (Pod Abt List, I am looking at u) or very depressing

[@ronmustachio5329]

Ya she coo’ 👁️🫦👁️

[@christinaatwick4293]

Ew! Beg!

[@0The_Farlander0]

Your matt rife impression is gonaa make me black out

[@robertsmith2300]

AMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ChannelMath]

Are you joking? The Patriot was boring and Mel Gibson can't act for shit. Conspiracy theory? Lethal weapon? He's the same character! wow, terrible take. He can't even do a perfect American accent after all these years

[@marcuswalters8093]

Idris Elba nailed it first time.

[@dedmin6119]

29:13 🥥 🌴

[@marcuswalters8093]

47:23 Wait, is this some Neil Breen shit?

[@daricklapaglia4337]

Baaaaaaam

[@Riley-nq3tc]

I obviously have a hopeless crush on Amber but damn she gives off some "Woo *Sportsball*" vibes

[@commenter381]

Women are supposed to give off "sportsball" vibes

[@factanonverba7547]

Couple of progressive dudes.

[@TokyoJuul8008]

I'm actually very happy that female Pepe the Frog is back. More tangents; fewer Matt rants.

[@joshuamarx8209]

😊

[@SUPERBURLBOYROY]

​@@joshuamarx8209 I just pooped

[@Jacob-fz5ho]

felix again repeating his out of date geopolitical takes vis-a-vis israel and russia. they're enemies now, Russia has fully aligned with Iran. Felix is stuck in 2016

[@joshuamarx8209]

Bullshit the Israeli Mob owns the Russian Mob... Russian Mob owns Russian Government. Not hard to understand and long known to be the case. Ps I don't debate imbeciles that spew patently false propaganda.

[@nickrails]

Yeah....no, that's not even remotely true. The Russian Jewish diaspora in Israel is a huge demographic, and lots of sanctioned oligarchs found a welcome in Israel following the invasion of Ukraine - an invasion that Israel was completely silent about despite diplomatic pressure from their erstwhile western allies.

[@Jacob-fz5ho]

@@nickrails Diaspora doesn't matter, the actual leadership of both nations are directly opposed and Russia is in direct conflict with Israel by supporting Iran. Moscow is hosting summits with Hezbollah and Houthis. Russia has joined the multipolar bloc opposing the west, Israel sticks with the West.

[@blackdog9698919]

I would happily trade Will, Amber, Chris, and Felix's lives to have Matt back. I like them alright, but without Matt they're all meh, and Matt by himself is funnier and smarter than all of them. They should at least try to have more guests on.

[@GrimReader]

Tuck it in big guy, Cush is married with a kid, glazing him up is unseemly

[@mortystraphouse5077]

bring back virgil

[@feydrautha012]

Nah, bring on Vaush.

[@dirrdevil]

Have Joe Biden on.

[@Taltinus]

Chapo becoming Trump's strongest leftist allies

[@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging]

Shut up

[@slug3982]

MAGACOMMUNISM

[@berdyderg900]

He's going to win regardless of what a small comedy podcast says homie

[@phyllisford2130]

I mean the Democrats aren't leftists, but they're the ones handing this fuckin thing to Trump so I'd say their bigger Trump allies than a dumbass podcast.

[@joshuamarx8209]

That's the funniest thing you've ever said in your life and you don't even know it.. That's the best part.

[@John_Malka-tits]

I cant wait for 2065 when Ludacris is playing in our retirement homes. We're all sipping wet oatmeal just to "SHOTSHOTSHOTSHOTS SHOT SHOTSHOTSHOTS EVERYBODY!!!"

[@All-due-respect-I-disagree]

**Jell-O shots > thin gruel

[@miskatonic_alumni]

By 2065, any non-rich American who is no longer capable of slaving for the ruling class will be sent to the Soylent Green factory.

[@rodrigoroa6753]

Amber is as obnoxious as ever.

[@basquat76]

She's a queen little fella

[@Democrities]

Why do you hate women?

[@rodrigoroa6753]

@@Democrities cause it's cool bro

[@rodrigoroa6753]

@@basquat76 she's not gonna peg you for defending her online

[@freakyzed8467]

​@@rodrigoroa6753thanks for the comment. It means a LOT and you matter.

[@Fucyallfr]

“…shows up to a press conference naked” hilarious imagery

[@Action_Sloth]

Hearing amber describe the half time show and remembering my autistic ass observing my 31-35y.o. friends literally hooting and hollering during the show

[@JonTeriini]

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